Brainstorm

  • Develop strategies for gathering information about current and upcoming assignments.
  • Focused electronic resource selection
  • Collection development collaboration
  • Lend batches of books
  • New materials RSS feeds on Viewfind
  • Peer mentoring
  • Share enrichment programs for staff (vendor training, etc.)
  • Provide summer reading stats to schools as educator tools.
  • Align materials displays with curriculum schedule
  • Extend One Book program into the schools (kid book to go with adult book)
  • Collaboration ideas newsletter
  • Local librarian social networking sites
  • Support for 21st Century skills (database instruction, etc.)
  • P/T Conference Storytimes
  • Cosponsor national library-type events (National Library Week, National Poetry Month)